Bottle-wrapper



(No Model.)

0. G. BIEDINGBR.

BOTTLE WRAPPER.

No. 275,013. Patented Apr.3,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES G. BIEDINGER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BOTTLE-W RAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,013, dated April 3,1883.

Application filed February 26, 1683. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. BIEDIN- GER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-\Vrappers, of which the following is a specification.

The object ofv my invention is to furnish a cheap, simple, andreadily-applied wrapper that will effectually prevent bottles beingbroken when packed in barrels, boxes, crates, or othershipping-receptacles. This wrapper is preferably com posed of twosimilar pieces of thick paper of the grade commonly known as felt, saidpieces being cut so as to approximate the shape of the bottle to beinclosed. These pieces are then either stitched or cemented togethernear their edges, thereby forming a substantially cylindrical portion,that protects the body of the bottle, while the neck of the latter issurrounded with the tapering part of the wrapper, as hereinafter morefully described, and pointed out in the claims. In some cases, however,all the advantages of my wrapper may be obtained by making it of onepiece of paper or felt bent back on itself at or near its mid-length andstitched or otherwise secured together at the edges, as hereinafter morefully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the two componentmembers of-my bottle-wrapper separated from each other. Fig. 2 is aperspective view, showing the complete wrapper distended preparatory tobeing slipped over a bottle. Fig. 3, is an elevation showing how thefelt is cut when the wrapper is made of a single piece of paper. Fig.4is avertical section, showing this form of wrapper applied to abottle.

Arepresents a piece of paper of any suitable shape and thickness, theupper portion thereof being cut away on its opposite edges, as at B, soas to cause said piece to approximate the form of a bottle to beinclosed, the part 0 of the felt serving to surround the neck of thesame.

D represents another piece of paper of preends to meet, and the twopieces are then se-.

curely united by stitching F, as seen in Fig. 2; or these componentmembers may be properly glued or cemented together at their edges; butthe stitching is preferred; Whichever construction is adopted, it isevident there is a double thickness of material at the edges of thewrapper, thereby forming a pair of outwardly-projecting ribs, guards, orfenders, G, that add greatly to the security of the inclosed bottle orjar.

The wrapper is applied by simply distending or opening its lower end, asseen in Fig. 2, and then drawing itdown over the bottle as far as may benecessary, the lip or projecting end 61 of the member D affording a veryconvenient hold. All the advantages of myinvention may, however, beattained by making the wrapper of a single piece of paper or felt, asseen in Fig 3,thedottedlineH in said illustration indicating where thematerial is to be doubled, after which act said wrapper is to bestitched or cemented together near its edges in precisely the samemanner as represented in Fig. 2. In Fig. 4cthis last form of the wrapperis shown applied to a bottle, and, as the envelope is made of a singlepiece of material without an opening at the upper end, it is evidentthat the cork is completely housed in and protected from injury.

The bottles, after being inclosed in either of the above-describedwrappers, may be packed in a barrel, box, crate, or other ship'iing-receptacle, so as to dispose the fenders G of the first bottletransversely of the box, the fenders of the second bottle longitudinallyof the same, and so on until the'entire receptacle is filled. By thisarrangement the fenders or seams G of one bottle will bear against thewrappers of the adjacent bottles, thereby affording the greatestpossible security against breakage.

I claim as my inventionl. A wrapper composed of two paper or feltmembers, A O, D E, ofapproximately bottle shape, said members beingunited near their edges, as at F, thereby affording a pair ofoutwardly-projecting scams or fenders, G, of a double thickness ofmaterial, for the purpose I specified.

2. A wrapper composed of two paper or felt members, A U, D E, made of asingle piece of material, and. of approximately bottle shape, saidmembers being united near their edges, as at F, thereby affording a pairof outwardlyprojecting scams or fenders, G, of a doubie thickness ofmaterial, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in 1Q presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES G. BIEDING ER.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. LAYMAN, T. S. WooD.

